83 certified · Median $60,000 a year · College Station, TX
Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) employers filed with the US Department of Labor. Certified means DOL accepted the LCA, the step before a visa petition: it is not a visa or a hire. Wages are what the employer wrote on it. Data sources
By year
Fiscal year
Certified
Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn
Denied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
29
24
2
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
54
16
2
0
Every decision, by when it was made. From the US Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure files for FY2025 and FY2026, all listed in Data sources.
Wages
25th percentile
$55,000
Median
$60,000
75th percentile
$74,764
A year, from 79 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Postdoctoral Research AssociateSoil and Plant Scientists · median $55,76035
Assistant Research ScientistSoil and Plant Scientists · median $66,53712
Assistant ProfessorSoil and Plant Scientists · median $104,2156
Research AssociateAnimal Scientists · median $55,0004
Senior Research AssociateMicrobiologists · median $65,1004
Associate Research ScientistSoil and Plant Scientists · median $68,5763
Research ScientistPhysicists · median $80,9743
Research Specialist IFood Scientists and Technologists · median $50,2943
Senior Research ScientistMicrobiologists · median $102,6142
CuratorCurators · median $58,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.